Grails Alternatives

Grails is described as 'High-productivity web framework based on the Groovy language that embraces the coding by convention paradigm, but is designed specifically for the Java platform' and is a Web Framework in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Grails for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Grails alternative is Django, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Grails are Ruby on Rails, Symfony, CodeIgniter and Jmix.

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    Apache Struts is an open-source web application framework for developing Java EE web applications. It uses and extends the Java Servlet API to encourage developers to adopt a model-view-controller (MVC) architecture.

    13 Apache Struts alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Pylons Framework is an open source Web application framework written in Python. It makes extensive use of the Web Server Gateway Interface standard to promote reusability and to separate functionality into distinct modules.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    Bitweaver is a free and open source web application framework and content management system. Its speed and power are ideal for large-scale community websites and corporate applications, but it is simple enough for non-technical small site users to set up and administrate.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
  4. Axelor icon
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    Open Source ERP and framework, Cloud Ready, Integrated BPM: A fully configurable solution Easily create or modify your process-oriented business apps in a few clicks, without any coding. Designed to be fully responsive.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
     
  5. Buffalo icon
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    Put the fun back in writing Go web applications! A Ruby on Rails inspired, idiomatic, web framework written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Spring Roo is a next-generation rapid application development tool for Java developers. With Roo you can easily build full Java applications in minutes. It differs from other productivity tools by focusing on:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. IHP icon
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    It is a new batteries-included web framework optimized for longterm productivity and programmer happiness.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Laska is a server-side microframework for Dart, which aims to be a fast, simple and lightweight.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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